Originally Posted by Whitworth1
Originally Posted by Ken Howell
Originally Posted by ingwe
Ken...how about this one..a pet peeve..

Kilimanjaro

From the Swahili...should be two words Kilima njaro...

but forget about that happening...

Here's another'n for you —

Mississippi = "the big river"

so

"the Mississippi River" = "the the big-river river"

— and for good measure —

"Alhambra" = "the red fortress"

so

"the Alhambra" = "the the red fortress"

No charge!

Enjoy! laugh


Much like "The La Brea Tar Pits" (in Los Angeles) -- the the tar tar pits..... grin


Isn't that where they get tar tar sauce? whistle

Camouflage; my mother insists it's pronounced "commo-flage"

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